Samastipur

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Samastipur
City
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Khudneshwar Dham Mandir.jpg
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Samastipur Junction; Thaneshwar Asthan Temple; Khudneshwar Dham Temple; Collectorate Office Samastipur
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Samastipur
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°51′47″N85°46′52″E / 25.862931°N 85.781064°E / 25.862931; 85.781064
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Bihar
Region Mithila
Division Darbhanga
District Samastipur
Government
  Type Municipal Corporation
  BodySamastipur Municipal Corporation
  MayorAnita Ram
  Deputy MayorRambalak Paswan
  Municipal CommissionerBibhuti Ranjan Choudhary (B.A.S)
Area
  Total155 km2 (60 sq mi)
Elevation
46.54 m (152.69 ft)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total253,136
  Rank 10th (Bihar) [2]
177th (India) [3]
  Density1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Language
  Official Hindi
  Additional Official Urdu
  Regional Language Maithili
Time zone UTC+5.30 (IST)
PIN
848101
Telephone Code06274
Vehicle registration BR-33
Lok Sabha constituency Samastipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Samastipur
Website samastipur.nic.in
samastipurnagarnigam.net

Samastipur is a City and Municipal Corporation in Bihar, India. It is the headquarter of Samastipur district and comes under Darbhanga division. The Burhi Gandak River flows through the city. It is one of the five railway divisions of ECR, Hajipur. The Samastipur junction is one of the busiest station in North Bihar after Patna and Katihar. [4]

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Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Samastipur had a total population of 62,935, of which 33,025 were males and 29,910 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 8,252. The total number of literates in Samastipur was 46,416, which constituted 73.8% of the population with male literacy of 77.2% and female literacy of 69.9%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Samastipur was 84.9%, of which male literacy rate was 88.9% and female literacy rate was 80.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 9,219 and 249 respectively. Samastipur had 12062 households in 2011. [1]

Education

Samastipur has several schools and colleges. Most of the colleges are affiliated to the Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga.

The Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University, is located near the town, in Pusa. This university was constructed in 1970 near the ruins of Pusa Institute which was the Indian Agricultural Research Institute built during the British regime.

IGNOU has several study centres in Samastipur. [5]

Samastipur has medical institution, running under Bihar govt. AHS Nursing College & Hospital is a private nursing college situated in Samastipur, affiliated to Bihar University of Health Sciences and Bihar Nurses Registration Council. [6]

Transport

Road

Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (B.S.R.T.C) operates bus services to the neighbouring states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

Rail

Samastipur Junction railway station lies in the East Central Railway zone of the Indian Railway network and provides connectivity to most of the regions of India.

Notable people

Villages

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References

  1. 1 2 "Census of India: Samastipur". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. List of cities in Bihar by population
  3. List of cities in India by population
  4. Baranwal, Jigyasu. "Trains to SPJ/Samastipur Junction Station - 162 Arrivals ECR/East Central Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  5. "IGNOU-RC-Darbhanga - StudyCentres - Annexure 1_Details of Active Learner Support Centres (LSCs) 27 NOV 19". rcdarbhanga.ignou.ac.in. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. Jha, Vimlesh Kumar (13 September 2024). "List of affiliated Nursing Colleges with Bihar University of Health Science, Patna" (PDF). Bihar University of Health Science, Patna.
  7. "बलिराम भगत को जब अपनों ने हराया". Hindustan (in Hindi). 22 March 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.